TEACHER’S MANUAL 

FOR 

MASTERY SPELLER 


BY 

JAMES H. SMITH 

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 
AURORA (WEST SIDE), ILLINOIS 

AND 

WILLIAM C. BAGLEY 

PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION 
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 



D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY 

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO 

ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS 

LONDON 


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TEACHER’S MANUAL 

FOR 

MASTERY SPELLER 


BY 

JAMES ER* SMITH 

SUPERINTENDENT OF^SCHOOLS 
AURORA (WEST SIDE), ILLINOIS 

AND 

WILLIAM C. BAGLEY 

PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION 
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 




D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY 

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO 

ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS 

LONDON 







Revised Edition 
Copyright, 1928, 1930, 

By D. C. Heath and Company 
3 h o 



PRINTED IN U.S.A. 

©C1& 27428 


SEP 15 1930 


MASTERY SPELLER 


TEACHER’S MANUAL 

Provision for Individual Differences. — Most spellers pro¬ 
vide only a single list of words. Such a list is usually too 
long for the slow pupil, while on the other hand it does not 
present enough words to stimulate an apt pupil so that he 
will work up to his capacity. In order that all types of pupils 
may have a list of suitable length, three lists are provided in 
the Mastery Spellers. 

The Minimum List consists of 1809 words and includes 
the words found in the following scientific investigations: 

Ayres’ Thousand Commonest Words 

Tidyman’s First Thousand Commonest Words 

Thorndike’s First Thousand Commonest Words 

Commonwealth List — First Thousand Commonest Words 

Jones’ One Hundred Spelling Demons 

The Supplementary List consists of 1884 words and in¬ 
cludes the words found in the Second Thousand Commonest 
Words lists of Tidyman, Thorndike, and the Commonwealth 
List which are not included in the Minimum List. 

The Additional Supplementary List consists of 2027 
words and includes the words found in the Third Thousand 
Commonest Words lists of Tidyman, Thorndike, and the 
Commonwealth List which are not included in either the 
Minimum or the Supplementary List. This list also in¬ 
cludes words in the easier groups of Boyd’s Longer Spelling 
List of 3500 Words. 

The following table shows the total number of words in 
each list for each of the various grades. 

1 


Grade 

Minimum 

List 

Supple¬ 
mentary List 

Add. Sup. 
List 

Totals 

II 

250 

140 

130 

520 

III 

324 

197 

145 

666 

IV 

333 

288 

252 

873 

V 

315 

304 

289 

908 

VI 

232 

252 

336 

820 

VII 

177 

196 

320 

693 

VIII 

178 

195 

315 

688 

IX 

Review 

312 

240 

552 

Totals 

1809 

1884 

2027 

5720 


The Minimum Lists are known as the M lists, the Supple¬ 
mentary Lists as the S lists, and the Additional Supple¬ 
mentary Lists as the T lists. 

Every pupil (who is not mentally deficient) should be 
able to master the Minimum Lists for his grade. An average 
pupil should be able to master both the Minimum and 
Supplementary Lists. An apt pupil should be able to 
master all three lists. 

The three lists are independent of each other. A pupil 
who masters only the Minimum List for the third grade can 
proceed with the Minimum List for the fourth grade the 
next year without going back to learn the words in the 
Supplementary and Additional Supplementary Lists of 
the third grade. Nevertheless every teacher should en¬ 
deavor to have the pupils master as many of the words for 
each grade as they possibly can. The authors believe, how¬ 
ever, that a 100 % achievement on a short minimum list of 
the most commonly used words is preferable to a 70% 
achievement on a long list of words. 

Courses of Study. — The following courses of study are 
suggested for classes of varying ability. The teacher should 
select the course best suited to the ability of the class which 
she is teaching. 


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COURSE OF STUDY —NINE MONTHS' TERM 


Second Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 4M 

Lists 1M to 5M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 8M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 5M to 8M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 6M to 11M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 9M to 16M 
Tests 4M to 9M 

Nov. 

Lists 9M to 12M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 12M to 17M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 17M to 22M 
Tests 10M to 15M 

Dec. 

Lists 13M to 15M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 18M to 22 M 
Tests 10M to 14M 

Lists 23M to 27M 
Tests 16M to 21M 

Jan. 

Lists 16M to 18M 
Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 23M to 26M 
Tests 15M to 19M 

Lists 28M to 6S 

Tests 22M to 2S 

Feb. 

Lists 19M to 21M 
Tests 13M to 15M 

Lists 27M to 3S 

Tests 20M to 24M 

Lists 7S to 12S 

Tests 3S to 8S 

Mar. 

Lists 22 M to 24M 
Tests 16M to 18M 

Lists 4S to 8S 

Tests 25M to 4S 

Lists 13S to 5T 

Tests 9S to 14S 

Apr. 

Lists 25M and 26M 
Tests 19M to 21M 

Lists 9S to 13S 

Tests 5S to 9S 

Lists 6T to 11T 

Tests IT to 7T' 

May 

Lists 27M and 28M 
Tests 22M to 25M 

Lists 14S to 16S 
Tests 10S to 14S 

Lists 12T to 15T 
Tests 8T to 13T 


Third Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 5M 

Lists 1M to 7M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 9M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 6M to 10M 
Tests 1M and 2M 

Lists 8M to 14M 
Tests 4M and 5M 

Lists 10M to 18M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Nov. 

Lists 11M to 15M 
Tests 3M and 4M 

Lists 15M to 21M 
Tests 6M and 7M 

Lists 19M to 26M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Dec. 

Lists 16M to 20M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists 22 M to 27M 
Tests 8M to 10M 

Lists 27 M to 34M 
Tests 10M to 13M 

Jan. 

Lists 21M to 24M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 28M to 33M 
Tests 11M and 12M 

Lists 35M to 6S 

Tests 14M to 17M 

Feb. 

Lists 25M to 28M 
Tests 9M and 10M 

Lists 34M to 3S 

Tests 13M to 15M 

Lists 7S to 15S 

Tests IS to 4S 

Mar. 

Lists 29M to 31M 
Tests 11M and 12M 

Lists 4S to 10S 

Tests 16M to 2S 

Lists 16S to 22S 

Tests 5S to 9S 

Apr. 

Lists 32M to 34M 
Tests 13M and 14M 

Lists 11S to 17S 
Tests 3S to 6S 

Lists IT to 9T 

Tests 10S to 3T 

May 

Lists 35M and 36M 
Tests 15M to 17M 

Lists 18S to 22S 
Tests 7S to 10S 

Lists 10T to 16T 
Tests 4T to 7T 


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Fourth Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 5M 

Lists 1M to 8M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 12M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 6M to 10M 
Tests 1M and 2M 

Lists 9M to 17M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 13M to 23M 
Tests 4M to 8M 

Nov. 

Lists 11M to 15M 
Tests 3M and 4M 

Lists 18M to 25 M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 24M to 34M 
Tests 9M to 13M 

Dec. 

Lists 16M to 20M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists 26M to 32M 
Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 35M to 7S 

Tests 14M to IS 

Jan. 

Lists 21M to 24M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 33M to 2S 

Tests 13M to 16M 

Lists 8S to 19S 

Tests 2S to 6S 

Feb. 

Lists 25M to 28M 
Tests 9M and 10M 

Lists 3S to 11S 

Tests 17M to 3S 

Fists 20S to 29S 

Tests 7S to US 

Mar. 

Lists 29M to 31M 
Tests 11M and 12M 

Lists 12S to 20S 
Tests 4S to 7S 

Lists 30S to 7T 

Tests 12S to IT 

Apr. 

Lists 32M to 34M 
Tests 13M and 14M 

Lists 21S to 28S 
Tests 8S to 11S 

Lists 8T to 18T 

Tests 2T to 6T 

May 

Lists 35M to 37M 
Tests 15M to 17M 

Lists 29S to 32S 
Tests 12S to 15S 

Lists 19T to 281- 
Tests 7T to 13T 


Fifth Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 7M 

Test 1M 

Lists 1M to 9M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 12M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 8M to 12M 

Test 2M 

Lists 10M to 18M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 13M to 24M 
Tests 4M to 7M 

Nov. 

Lists 13M to 17M 
Tests 3M and 4M 

Lists 19M to 25M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 25M to 34M 
Tests 8M to 11M 

Dec. 

Lists 18M to 21M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists 26M to 31M 
Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 35M to 10S 
Tests 12M to 15M 

Jan. 

Lists 22M to 24M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 32 M to 4S 

Tests 13M to 15M 

Lists US to 22S 

Tests IS to 5S 

Feb. 

Lists 25M to 27M 
Test 9M 

Lists 5S to 13S 

Tests IS to 3S 

Lists 23S to 32S 

Tests 6S to 10S 

Mar. 

Lists 28M to 30M 
Tests 10M and 11M 

Lists 14S to 2 IS 
Tests 4S to 7S 

Lists 33S to 9T 

Tests 11S to 15S 

Apr. 

Lists 31M to 33M 
Test 12M 

Lists 22S to 28S 
Tests 8S to 11S 

Lists 10T to 2IT 
Tests IT to 6T 

May 

Lists 34M and 35M 
Tests 13M to 15M 

Lists 29S to 34S 
Tests 12S to 15S 

Lists 22T to 32T 
Tests 7T to 13T 


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Sixth Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 4M 

Lists 1M to 7M 

Test 1M 

Lists 1M to 12M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 5M to 8M 

Tests 1M and 2M 

Lists 8M to 13M 
Tests 2M and 3M 

Lists 13M to 23M 
Tests 4M to 7M 

Nov. 

Lists 9M to 11M 
Test 3M 

Lists 14M to 18M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 24M to 7S 

Tests 8M to 11M 

Dec. 

Lists 12M to 14M 
Test 4M 

Lists 19M to 23M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 8S to 17S 

Tests 12M to 3S 

Jan. 

Lists 15M to 17M 
Test 5M 

Lists 24M to 2S 

Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 18S to 27S 

Tests 4S to 9S 

Feb. 

Lists 18M to 20M 
Test 6M 

Lists 3S to 10S 

Tests IS to 3S 

Lists 28S to 9T 

Tests 10S to IT 

Mar. 

Lists 21M and 22M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 11S to 18S 
Tests 4S to 6S 

Lists 10T to 21T 
Tests 2T to 6T 

Apr. 

Lists 23M and 24M 
Test 9M 

Lists 19S to 24S 
Tests 7S to 9S 

Lists 22T to 32T 
Tests 7T to 11T 

May 

Lists 25M and 26M 
Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 25S to 29S 
Tests 10S to 13S 

Lists 30T to 38T 
Tests 12T to 16T 


Seventh Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 4M 

Lists 1M to 8M 

Tests 1M and 2M 

Lists 1M to 11M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 5M to 7M 

Test 1M 

Lists 9M to 14M 
Tests 3M and 4M 

Lists 12M to 20M 
Tests 4M to 7M 

Nov. 

Lists 8M to 10M 

Test 2M 

Lists 15M to 18M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists IS to 12S 

Tests 8M to 2S 

Dec. 

Lists 11M to 13M 
Test 3S 

Lists 19M to 5S 

Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 13S to 22S 

Tests 3S to 6S 

Jan. 

Lists 14M to 16M 
Test 4M 

Lists 6S to 12S 

Tests IS and 2S 

Lists IT to 12T 

Tests 7S to IT 

Feb. 

Lists 17M and 18M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists 13S to 18S 
Tests 3S to 5S 

Lists 13T to 22T 
Tests 2T to 5T 

Mar. 

Lists 19M and 20M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 19S to 22S 
Tests 6S and 7S 

Lists 23T to 3IT 
Tests 6T to 9T 

Apr. 

Test 9M 

Pages 56, 57, and 58 

Tests 8S and 9S 
Pages 56-58; 67-68 

Lists 32T to 36T 
Tests 10T to 12T 
Pages 56-58; 67-68 

May 

Pages 59, 60 

Pages 59 and 60 
Pages 69 and 70 

Tests 13T to 15T 
Pages 61-66; 69-70 


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Eighth Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 4M 

Lists 1M to 8M 

Tests 1M and 2M 

Lists 1M to 11M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 5M to 7M 

Test 1M 

Lists 9M to 14M 
Tests 3M and 4M 

Lists 12M to 20M 
Tests 4 M to 7M 

Nov. 

Lists 8M to 10M 

Test 2M 

Lists 15M to 18M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists IS to 12S 

Tests 8M to 2S 

Dec. 

Lists 11M to 13M 
Test 3M 

Lists 19M to 5S 

Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 13S to 22S 

Tests 3S to 6S 

Jan. 

Lists 14M to 16M 
Test 4M 

Lists 6S to 12S 

Tests IS and 2S 

Lists IT to 12T 

Tests 7S to IT 

Feb. 

Lists 17M and 18M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists 13S to 18S 

Tests 3S to 5S 

Lists 13T to 22T 
Tests 2T to 5T 

Mar. 

Lists 19M and 20M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 19S to 22S 

Tests 6S and 7S 

Lists 23T to 3IT 
Tests 6T to 9T 

Apr. 

Test 9M 

Pages 130 and 131 1 
Pages 134 to 139 

Tests 8S and 9S 
Pages 130 and 131 
Pages 134 to 139 

Lists 32T to 35T 
Tests 10T to 12T 
Pages 130 and 131 
Pages 134 to, 139 

May 

Pages 132 and 133 
Pages 140 to 147 

Pages 132 and 133 
Pages 140 to 147 
Pages 148 to 151 

Tests 13T to 15T 
Pages 132 and 133 
Pages 140 to 147 
Pages 148 to 151 


It is suggested that schools having a ten months’ term 
may follow the outline for the nine months’ term and use 
the last month for a thorough review of all of the 100 % Tests 
in the whole year’s work. 

Since some schools are in session only seven months in a 
year, the following suggestive courses have been prepared 
for a school system with a school year of that length. 

1 The pages given are for Book Three of the three-volume edition. 
They refer to the sections on Word Study and Proper Names. These 
begin on page 60 in the separate volume for Grade VIII. The material 
on pages 148-150 of Book Three of the three-volume edition is omitted 
from the separate volume for Grade VIII. 


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COURSES OF STUDY —SEVEN MONTHS’ TERM 

Second Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 5M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 6M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 10 M 
Tests 1M to 6M 

Oct. 

Lists 6M to 10M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 7M to 13M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 11M to 20 M 
Tests 7M to 15M 

Nov. 

Lists 11M to 14M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 14M to 20M 
Tests 7M to 12M 

Lists 21M to 28M 
Tests 16M to 25M 

Dec. 

Lists 15M to 18M 
Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 21M to 26M 
Tests 13M to 18M 

Lists IS to 8S 

Tests IS to 6S 

Jan. 

Lists 19M to 22M 
Tests 13M to 15M 

Lists 27 M to 4S 

Tests 19M to 25M 

Lists 9S to 14S 

Tests 7S to 14S 

Feb. 

Lists 23M to 25M 
Tests 16M to 18M 

Lists 5S to 11S 

Tests IS to 6S 

Lists IT to 9T 

Tests IT to 6T 

Mar. 

Lists 26M to 28M 
Tests 19M to 25M 

Lists 12S to 16S 
Tests 7S to 14S 

Lists 10T to 15T 
Tests 7T to 13T 


Third Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 7M 

Test 1M 

Lists 1M to 9M 

Test 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 12M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 8M to 13M 
Tests 2M and 3M 

Lists 10M to 18M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 13M to 23M 
Tests 4M to 7M 

Nov. 

Lists 14M to 19M 
Tests 4M and 5M 

Lists 19M to 26M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 24M to 33M 
Tests 8M to 12M 

Dec. 

Lists 20M to 25M 
Tests 6M and 7M 

Lists 27M to 34M 
Tests 10M to 13M 

Lists 34 M to 7S 

Tests 13M to 17M 

Jan. 

Lists 26M to 30M 
Tests 8M and 9M 

Lists 35M to 6S 

Tests 14M to 17M 

Lists 8S to 18S 

Tests IS to 6S 

Feb. 

Lists 31M to 34 M 
Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 7S to 15S 

Tests IS to 4S 

Lists 19S to 7T 

Tests 7S to 2T 

Mar. 

1 

Lists 35M and 36M 
Tests 13M to 17M 

Lists 16S to 22S 
Tests 5S to 10S 

Lists 8T to 16T 

Tests 3T to 7T 


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Fourth Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 7M 

Test 1M 

Lists 1M to 11M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 15M 
Tests 1M to 6M 

Oct. 

Lists 8M to 13M 
Tests 2M and 3M 

Lists 12M to 22M 
Tests 4M to 7M 

Lists 16M to 29M 
Tests 7M to 12M 

Nov. 

Lists 14M to 19M 
Tests 4M and 5M 

Lists 23M to 31M 
Tests 8M to 12M 

Lists 30M to 4S 

Tests 13M to 17M 

Dec. 

Lists 20M to 25M 
Tests 6M and 7M 

Lists 32 M to 3S 

Tests 13M to 16M 

Lists 5S to 19S 

Tests IS to 6S 

Jan. 

Lists 26M to 30M 
Tests 8M and 9M 

Lists 4S to 13S 

Tests 17M to 3S 

Lists 20S to 32S 

Tests 7S to 12S 

Feb. 

Lists 31M to 34 M 
Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 14S to 23S 
Tests 4S to 9S 

Lists IT to 15T 

Tests 13S to 5T 

Mar. 

Lists 35M to 37M 
Tests 13M to 17M 

Lists 24S to 32S 
Tests 10S to 15S 

Lists 16T to 28T 
Tests 6T to 13T 


Fifth Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 7M 

Tests 1M and 2M 

Lists 1M to 11M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 15M 
Tests 1M to 5M 

Oct. 

Lists 8M to 14M 
Tests 3M and 4M 

Lists 12 M to 22 M 
Tests 4M to 7M 

Lists 16M to 30M 
Tests 6M to 10M 

Nov. 

Lists 15M to 20M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists 23M to 31M 
Tests 8M to 11M 

Lists 31M to 6S 

Tests 11M to 15M 

Dec. 

Lists 21M to 26 M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 32M to 3S 

Tests 12M to 15M 

Lists 7S to 21S 

Tests IS to 6S 

Jan. 

Lists 27M to 30M 
Tests 9M and 10M 

Lists 4S to 14S 

Tests IS to 5S 

Lists 22S to 2T 

Tests 7S to 13S 

Feb. 

Lists 31M to 34 M 
Tests 11M and 12M 

Lists 15S to 25S 
Tests 6S to 9S 

Lists 3T to 18T 

Tests 14S to 6T 

Mar. 

Lists 35M to 37M 
Tests 13M to 15M 

Lists 26S to 34S 
Tests 10S to 15S 

Lists 19T to 32T 
Tests 7T to 13T 


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Sixth Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 6M 

Lists 1M to 9M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 14M 
Tests 1M to 6M 

Oct. 

Lists 7M to 10M 
Tests 1M and 2M 

Lists 10M to 17M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 15M to 26M 
Tests 7M to 12M 

Nov. 

Lists 11M to 14M 
Tests 3M and 4M 

Lists 18M to 24M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists IS to 14S 

Tests IS to 6S 

Dec. 

Lists 15M to 18M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists 25M to 6S 

Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 15S to 29S 

Tests 7S to 13S 

Jan. 

Lists 19M to 21M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 7S to 14S 

Tests IS to 4S 

Lists IT to 14T 

Tests IT to 6T 

Feb. 

Lists 22M to 24M 
Test 9M 

Lists 15S to 22S 
Tests 5S to 9S 

Lists 15T to 28T 
Tests 7T to 12T 

Mar. 

Lists 25M and 26M 
Tests 10M to 12M 

Lists 23S to 29S 
Tests 10S to 13S 

Lists 29T to 38T 
Tests 13T to 16T 


Seventh Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 5M 

Lists 1M to 8M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 12M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 6M to 9M 

Test 1M 

Lists 9M to 15M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 13M to 2S 

Tests 4M to 8M 

Nov. 

Lists 10M to 13M 
Tests 2M and 3M 

Lists 16M to 20M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 3S to 15S 

Tests 9M to 4S 

Dec. 

Lists 14M to 17M 
Tests 4M and 5M 

Lists IS to 8S 

Tests IS to 3S 

Lists 16S to 6T 

Tests 5S to 9S 

Jan. 

Lists 18M to 20M 
Tests 6M to 7M 

Lists 9S to 15S 

Tests 4S to 6S 

Lists 7T to 20T 

Tests IT to 5T 

Feb. 

Tests 8M and 9M 
Pages 56 to 58 

Lists 16S to 22S 
Tests 7S to 9S 

Lists 21T to 32T 
Tests 6T to 9T 

Mar. 

Pages 59 and 60 

Pages 56 to 60 

Lists 33T to 36T 

Tests 10T to 15T 
Pages 56 to 60 


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Eighth Grade 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 5M 

Lists 1M to 9M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 14M 
Tests 1M to 4M 

Oct. 

Lists 6M to 9M 

Test 1M 

Lists 10M to 17M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 15M to 6S 

Tests 5M to 9M 

Nov. 

Lists 10M to 13M 
Tests 2M and 3M 

Lists 18M to 5S 

Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 7S to 20S 

Tests IS to 5S 

Dec. 

Lists 14M to 17M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 6S to 14S 

Tests IS to 5S 

Lists 21S to 11T 
Tests 6S to 9S 

Jan. 

Lists 18M to 20M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 15S to 22S 

Tests 6S to 9S 

Lists 12T to 25T 
Tests IT to 6T 

Feb. 

Pages 130 and 131 1 

Pages 130 to 133 

Lists 26T to 35T 
Tests 7T to 15T 

Mar. 

Pages 132 and 133 

Pages 134 to 147 

Pages 130 to 133 
Pages 134 to 147 


Schools having an eight months’ term may follow the out¬ 
line for the seven months’ term and use the eighth month for 
a review of the 100 % Tests for the whole year’s work. 


Juniok High School Speller 

Schools which have their seventh, eighth and ninth grades 
organized as a junior high school should use the Junior High 
School Mastery Speller. 

For the seventh and eighth years follow the course of 
study as outlined on pages 5 and 6 of this manual for a 9 
or 10 months’ term or the course on pages 9 and 10 for a 
7 or 8 months’ term. 

The course of study for the ninth year’s work is outlined 
on page 11. 

1 The pages given are for Book Three of the three-volume edition. 
They refer to the sections on Word Study and Proper Names. These 
begin on page 60 in the separate volume for Grade VIII. 

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Ninth Grade — 9 Months’ Course 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 4M 

Lists 1M to 9M 

Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 12M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Oct. 

Lists 5M to 8M 

Test 1M 

Lists 10M to 16M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 13M to 22M 
Tests 4M to 9M 

Nov. 

Lists 9M to 12M 
Test 2M 

Lists 17M to 22M 
Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists IS to 13S 

Tests IS to 3S 

Dec. 

Lists 13M to 16M 
Test 3M 

Lists IS to 10S 

Tests IS to 3S 

Lists 14S to 25S 

Tests 4S to 9S 

Jan. 

Lists 17M to 19M 
Tests 4M and 5M 

Lists 11S to 19S 
Tests 4S to 6S 

Lists 26S to 35S 

Tests 10S to 15S 

Feb. 

Lists 20M and 22M 
Tests 6M and 7M 

Lists 20S to 28S 
Tests 7S to 9S 

Lists IT to 12T 

Tests IT to 3T 

Mar. 

Pages 219 to 222 
Tests 8M and 9M 

Lists 29S to 35S 
Tests 13S to 15S 

Lists 13T to 2IT 
Tests 4T to 6T 

Apr. 

Pages 223 to 227 

Pages 219 to 222 

Lists 22T to 27T 
Tests 7T to 12T 

May 

Pages 228 to 232 

Pages 223 to 230 

Pages 219 to 232 


Ninth Grade — 7 Months’ Course 


Month 

Slow Class 

Average Class 

Rapid Class 

Sept. 

Lists 1M to 6M 

Lists 1M to 12M 
Tests 1M to 3M 

Lists 1M to 16M 
Tests 1M to 5M 

Oct. 

Lists 7M to 11M 
Tests 1M and 2M 

Lists 13M to 20M 
Tests 4M to 6M 

Lists 17M to 5S 

Tests 6M to 9M 

Nov. 

Lists 12M to 16M 
Tests 3M and 4M 

Lists 21M to 8S 

Tests 7M to 9M 

Lists 6S to 20S 

Tests IS to 6S 

Dec. 

Lists 17M to 19M 
Tests 5M and 6M 

Lists 9S to 19S 

Tests IS to 3S 

Lists 21S to 35S 

Tests 7S to 15S 

Jan. 

Lists 20M to 22M 
Tests 7M and 8M 

Lists 20S to 29S 
Tests 4S to 9S 

Lists IT to 15T 

Tests IT to 3T 

Feb. 

Pages 219 to 222 

Test 9M 

Lists 30S to 35S 
Tests 13S to 15S 

Lists 16T to 27T 
Tests 4T to 12T 

Mar. 

Pages 223 to 230 

Pages 219 to 228 

Pages 219 to 232 


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In a junior high school with a 10 months’ term, it is sug¬ 
gested that the course of study for a 9 months’ term be 
followed and that the last month be used to review the 100 % 
tests which the class has covered. For an 8 months’ term 
follow the outline for a 7 months’ term and use the last 
month for review. 

The authors believe that spelling should be taught as a 
minor subject in the junior high school. Where the program 
does not provide for spelling as a separate subject, it is sug¬ 
gested that the English teacher pronounce the 100% tests 
to each class as a part of the English recitation and that 
each pupil be required to look up all his misspelled words 
in a speller or a dictionary and write them correctly several 
times. 


Suggestions to Teachers 

The following suggestions are made as a result of a study 
of the psychology of spelling plus many years of experience 
in the supervision of the teaching of spelling. 

Method of Teaching. — The Mastery Spellers are ar¬ 
ranged so that either the test-study or the study-test method 
may be used. 

In the test-study method the teacher pronounces the words 
of each list in a preliminary test of the pupils before they 
study them. She then checks the papers, and each pupil 
studies the words which he has not spelled correctly. The 
Suggestions for Study below each list should be used by 
the pupil in his individual study of the words which he misses 
in the preliminary test. The teacher then follows this 
individual study with another test to see that each pupil has 
mastered all the words in that list. 


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Woody 1 found that errors made in the preliminary tests 
tended to persist even after the words were studied by the 
pupil. In order to prevent as many errors as possible, the 
authors of the Mastery Spellers recommend that the study- 
test method be used instead of the test-study method. How¬ 
ever, if a teacher prefers to use the test-study method, she 
should guard against errors by asking the pupil not to at¬ 
tempt to spell a word in the preliminary test if he is not sure 
that he knows how to spell it. Ibis much better not to spell 
a word than to make an error in guessing how to spell it, 
because that error will have a tendency to repeat itself in 
future attempts to spell the word. 

In the study-test method the class studies the words before 
being tested on them. The teacher should present the 
words in an interesting manner and drill on them long enough 
to fix them in the pupil’s memory. Endeavor to prevent 
errors occurring in the test which follows the study period. 
Words which are taught in a lesson one day should be tested 
at the beginning of the spelling period on the following day. 
A test that is given after a day has elapsed since the study of 
the words is a much better measure of a pupil’s mastery of 
the words than a test given immediately following the pres¬ 
entation of the words. 

Difficulty of the Words. — The difficulty of the words is 
indicated by the use of asterisks. Words which were missed 
by fewer than 20 per cent of the pupils in trial tests have no 
asterisks following them. Every word which was missed 
by 20 per cent to 39 per cent of the pupils is followed by one 
asterisk. Every word which was missed by 40 per cent or 
more of the pupils is followed by two asterisks. 

The teacher should put greater emphasis on the more 
difficult words as they are presented in the lesson. If the 
pupils are asked to copy each of the easy words twice, they 

1 Clifford Woody, Fourth Yearbook, Department of Superintend¬ 
ence, N. E. A., p. 129. 


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may be required to copy each of the words of medium diffi¬ 
culty at least four or five times, and to copy the very difficult 
words as many as eight or ten times. 

Presentation of the Words. — As many of the words as 
possible are presented in groups which emphasize a common 
spelling element. For example: 

can 1 

cat f all begin with the letters ca. 

cap J 

tell 1 

bell f all end with the letters ell. 

well J 

good 1 

book f all contain the letters oo in the middle of the word. 
look J 

The teacher should call attention to the identical ele¬ 
ments when she presents each group of words which contain 
the same group of letters. Tidyman and Wagner found that 
pupils made greater progress when words were presented in 
that manner than when they were presented in a miscellane¬ 
ous arrangement. 

Pupils should be asked to sound each word and give the 
syllables if a word contains more than one syllable. 

During the study period, have the pupils copy the words 
on a sheet of practice paper, sounding the letters quietly to 
themselves as they write them. 

Games should also be introduced to motivate drill on the 
words. 

Variety of presentation is the essential requirement for 
creating interest in the spelling lesson. Learning takes place 
most quickly when the pupil’s attention is concentrated on 
the particular task which he is doing. Variety of presenta¬ 
tion is needed to hold the pupil’s attention. 

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The teacher should not use the same program of present¬ 
ing words on two successive days. For example, a series of 
lessons may be planned as follows: 

(1) Write a word on the blackboard; ask one of the pupils 
to use it in a sentence to make its meaning clear; have the 
class sound the word and then copy it a certain number of 
times (varying the number according to the difficulty of the 
word). The teacher should pass around the class and see 
that no errors are introduced in copying the word. Close the 
lesson with a trial test to see if all of the words are mastered. 
Drill further on any words in which errors were made. 

(2) Have the words written in large letters on flash cards. 
Flash a card for a time and ask the pupils to pronounce the 
word and then spell it orally. 1 Hold up the card and have 
the pupil copy the word a certain number of times. Close 
the lesson by flashing the cards for the pupils to write a trial 
test. Drill on words missed. 

(3) Have the words written on the blackboard and covered 
by a map or chart. 2 Uncover the words at the beginning of 
the spelling period. Have the pupils sound out a word, look 
intently at it for a few seconds, and then close their eyes 
and spell the word orally. Then have them open their eyes 
and copy the word a certain number of times on a sheet of 
practice paper. Erase the words, one at a time, and call 
on some pupil to spell the word that you erase. 

The teacher can prepare other plans for presenting a lesson. 

1 In spelling orally a word in which doubles occur, have both letters 
given as indicated on page 3 of the second-grade work. The termi¬ 
nology (used by all dictionaries) of referring to double e or double l is 
introduced for convenience in calling attention to that feature. Pupils 
may use that term in referring to double letters in pointing out “hard 
spots” in words but should be required to name each letter separately 
when spelling a word orally. 

2 An ordinary window shade hung on a spring roller and attached 
to the moulding above the blackboard is a convenient device for keeping 
blackboard assignments covered. 


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Any plan of presentation should endeavor to use as many of 
the pupil’s senses as possible. An inspection of the three 
type lesson plans will show that the following senses are 
called into play: 

Sight — the word is presented in the book, on the board, 
or on a flash card. 

Hearing — the word is sounded as it is written. 

Muscular Sense — the word is copied enough times to fix 
it in the memory. The muscles of speech are also used in 
sounding the words. 

Experiments have shown that words are more easily 
mastered when several senses are employed than when one 
sense only is used. 

A variety of games is necessary to motivate the review 
lists. Many games have been included in the Mastery 
Spellers for this purpose. The authors, however, have 
not exhausted the field of useful spelling games. Every 
teacher should feel free to substitute any game which she 
may devise in place of one which is suggested. No single 
game, no matter how good it is, should be used constantly, 
because pupils tire of the same device if it is used day after 
day without change. 

100% Tests. — The authors suggest that pupils be re¬ 
quired to make 100 % at least twice on each of the 100 % 
Tests. If the school term is short or the program crowded, 
it is suggested that only one perfect score be required for 
each test. 

A record should be kept of each pupil’s scores. A large 
sheet of cardboard hung on the wall with stars on it to indi¬ 
cate perfect grades on the various tests will prove stimulating 
to the pupils, because they will want to have their records 
show up well on the display sheet. 

Extra trials before or after regular school hours may be 
given pupils as a special privilege to enable them to fill in 
vacant spaces on the record sheet. 

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The following form is suggested for the record sheet: 


RECORD OF 100% 

TESTS 


Name 

1M 

2M 

3M 

4M 

5M 

6M 

7M 

8M 

John Davidson 

* i * 

* 

* 

* i * 

* 

* 

* ; * 

* 






Ruth Kaser 

* : * 

* 

* 

* : * 

* 

* 

* • 

* 






Mary Merrill 

* | * 

* 

* 

* ;• * 

* 

* 

* • * 

* 






Lois Vose 

* • * 

* 

* 

* ; * 

* 


* : 







Robert Greene 

* i * 

* 

* 

* ; * 

* 

* 

* ; * 

* 






Lucile Graves 

* ■ * 

* 

* 

* ; * 

* 

* 

* • * 

* 






Ralph Jones 

* i * 

* 

* 

* i * 

* 


* • * 







Alice Smith 

* 

* 

* 

* | * 

* 

* 


* 







It will be found convenient to use gummed stars to keep this record. 


Dictation Exercises. — Every word in the Minimum 
Lists has been used in a dictation exercise. All other words 
in each exercise have occurred in previous Minimum Lists. 
Thus no new words, other than those being taught, occur in 
these dictation exercises. 

Writing a word in a sentence is a much more difficult 
process than spelling a single word with the attention con¬ 
centrated on that word. 

In writing letters, compositions, examinations, and articles 
for newspapers or magazines, we use words in sentences. 
Not to give pupils practice in writing words in sentences is 
to omit a valuable part of the training in spelling. 

The pupils are asked to use the words of the Supple- 
mentary and Additional Supplementary Lists in original 
sentences. This requires more ability than merely writing 
sentences from dictation. If these original sentences are 
written, each pupil should use his dictionary to check any 
words about the spelling of which he is doubtful. 

Using the Dictionary. — Constant use of the dictionary 
should be required in the fourth and succeeding grades. A 

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good exercise is to take a review list, pronounce a word, and 
see which pupil can first locate the word in the dictionary. 
Have him give the definition and then use the word in a 
sentence, so that the meaning is made clear. 

Pupils should use their dictionaries to check compositions, 
letters, and all other written work. This constant use of 
the dictionary will help to develop a “spelling conscience” 
in the pupil and also assist greatly in the mastery of words 
which do not occur in the spelling vocabulary of the 
Mastery Spellers. 

Keeping a “Black List.” — The authors have found that 
the plan of having the pupil write correctly all words which 
he has misspelled —- in his written work as well as in his 
regular spelling lesson — in a little booklet which may be 
known as the pupil’s “ Black List ” is a good device to encour¬ 
age pupils to spell correctly. If a word gets on the Black 
List, the pupil must study it and then convince the teacher 
that he has thoroughly mastered it before he is allowed to 
cross it off. 

KEY TO SPELLING PUZZLES AND GAMES 

For the convenience of teachers using the Mastery Spellers, 
the solutions for the most important spelling puzzles and 
games are included in this manual. The solutions are given 
in the order in which the puzzles and games occur in each 
grade. 

Grade II (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 10; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 10; separate volume 
for Grade II, p. 10). 

1. tree; 2. bed; 3. cow; 4. ball; 5. top; 6. bell; 

7. boy; 8. hat; 9. cat; 10. book. 

Grade III (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 78; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 78; separate volume 
for Grade III, p. 8). 


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1. order; 2. here; 3. sharp; 4. railroad; 5. porch; 

6. such; 7. silver; 8. around. 

Grade III (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 99; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 99; separate volume 
for Grade III, p. 29). 

List 1. — able, bright, date, dry, hour, large, making, 
sky, two, warm. 

List 2. — across, bone, cross, file, June, lead, Mr., 
nearly, said, twenty. 

List 3. — buy, count, danger, fair, John, letters, 
mouth, seem, small, stone, which. 

List 4. — bless, broke,. build, building, carpet, dead, 
draw, giving, living, might, Mrs., right, 
shade, shake, sheet, slide, smile, smoke, 
summer, supper, ticket. 

Grade III (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 103; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 103; separate volume 
for Grade III, p. 33). 

1. two; 2. too; 3. two; 4. to; 5. their; 6. there. 

Grade III (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 109; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 109; separate volume 
for Grade III, p. 39). 

List 1. —absent, bear, because, before, care, Christ¬ 
mas, copy, grew, hah, he, money, oak, pain, 
picture, rule, safe, soul, too, trade, upon. 

List 2. — addition, begin, blanket, care, children, 
claim, country, dare, fail, football, later, 
music, nose, nurse, only, party, pocket, 
their, these, suit, until, yellow. 

List 3. — began, below, building, built, burn, cannot, 
carry, cattle, church, close, funny, giving, 
honest, little, middle, myself, nickel, none, 
picnic, price, second, spoke, those, turkey, 
unless. 


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Grade III (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 123; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 123; separate volume 
for Grade III, p. 53)., 

I. tree; 2. car; 3. flower; 4. grass; 5. lake; 

6. basket; 7. fire; 8. man; 9. woman; 10. girl; 

II. boy; 12. cattle; 13. dog; 14. sheep; 15. road. 

Grade III (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 132; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 132; separate volume 
for Grade III, p. 62). 

Bible, blanks, blast, brothers, bump, chill, cling, 
counted, dealer, drug, dump, freed, Helen, helper, 
hinder, lighter, lights, locked, lowest, mess, printing, 
risk, shaker, shiver, spoken, suits, swinging, tick, 
Walter, wee, wick. 

Grade III (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 136; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 136; separate volume 
for Grade III, p. 66). 

1. meaning; 2. spray; 3. bade; 4. jelly; 5. dove; 

6. banana; 7. aside; 8. goodly; 9. dresses; 10. fire¬ 
place; 11. one half; 12. deaf; 13. farmed; 

14. floating; 15. batter; 16. stain; 17. highland; 

18. eve; 19. cloudy; 20. cooked; 21. campfire; 

22. repay; 23. dressing; 24. poke; 25. butterfly; 

26. grandma; 27. dealers; 28. bathe; 29. leading; 

30. beware; 31. nasty; 32. begins; 33. thumb; 

34. stormy. 

Grade III (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 139; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 139; separate volume 
for Grade III, p. 69). 

1. Edward, badge; 2. juice; 3. mutton; 4. hop¬ 
ping; 5. David, hedge; 6. swarm; 7. thankful; 

8. paddle; 9. fields; 10. blue jay; 11. impress; 

12. kindle; 13. tumble; 14. crawl; 15. handful; 

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16. letting; 17. trimming; 18. barrow; 19. hidden; 

20. sweat; 21. choke; 22. grounds. 

Grade IV (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 146; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 146; separate volume 
for Grade IV, p. 6). 

1. thin; 2. ill; 3. pen; 4. soap; 5. win; 6. rich; 

7. bank; 8. hill; 9. barn; 10. farmer; 11. ear; 

12. corn; 13. army; 14. coal; 15. rent; 16. cent; 

17. king; 18. river; 19. learn; 20. team; 21. sale; 

22. easy. 

Grade IV (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 154; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 154; separate volume 
for Grade IV, p. 14). 

arm, bay, cake, cry, dash, even, finish, fool, fully, 

grass, hay, inside, jar, lean, month, pull, quick, shell, 

stairs, took, truth, use, very, weak, wire. 

Grade IV (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 169; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 169; separate volume 
for Grade IV, p. 29). 

List 1. — center, chase, died, does, drown, eyes, 
fruit, gain, getting, handle, hardly, kept, 
loose, single, tried, turn, twice, writing, 
wrong. 

List 2. — built, cause, change, choose, court, eighth, 
feel, freeze, knew, knock, laugh, noise, 
ought, pear, recover, remember, since, sow, 
twelve, wear, whole, window, wrote. 

Grade IV (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 176; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 176; separate volume 
for Grade IV, p. 36). 

1. firm; 2. laid; 3. climb; 4. answer; 5. sorry; 

6. listen; 7. choose, chance, or change; 8. raise; 

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9. guess; 10. cellar; 11. wait; 12. awful; 13. friend; 

14. maybe; 15. paid; 16. court; 17. often; 

18. guide; 19. written; 20. bother; 21. minute; 

22. feel; 23. carried; 24. officer; 25. shoulder; 

26. running; 27. daughter; 28. hundred; 29. min¬ 
utes; 30. finished. 

Grade IV (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 181; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 181; separate volume 
for Grade IV, p. 41). 

1. guide; 2. motion; 3. awful; 4. firm; 5. cellar; 

6. equal; 7. listen; 8. daughter; 9. vacation; 

10. piano; 11. running; 12. potato; 13. different; 

14. written; 15. handkerchief; 16. beauty; 17. bi¬ 
cycle; 18. beautiful; 19. copies; 20. except; 21. di¬ 
vision; 22. difference. 

Grade IV (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 182; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 182; separate volume 
for Grade IV, p. 42). 

1. bicycle; 2. daughter; 3. piano. 

Grade IV (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 190; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 190; separate volume 
for Grade IV, p. 50). 

1. wants; 2. vain; 3. mar; 4. tide; 5. roar; 6. prize; 

7. chasing; 8. sword; 9. lying; 10. stocking; 

11. drowned; 12. feels. 

Grade IV (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 195; 
three-volume edition, Book One, p. 195; separate volume 
for Grade IV, p. 55). 

1. monkey; 2. dishes; 3. patch; 4. sword; 5. pota¬ 
toes; 6. stocking; 7. map; 8. tower; 9. scout. 

Grade V (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 230; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 12; separate volume 
for Grade V, p. 12). 


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1. shout; 2. trunk; 3. instead; 4. crack; 5. asleep; 

6. gives; 7. months; 8. earth; 9. edge; 10. Ameri¬ 
can; 11. somebody; 12. lumber; 13. women; 

14. gate; 15. blind, 16. hands; 17. smell; 18. study; 

19. unable; 20. yours; 21. formed; 22. loud; 

23. sort; 24. hang; 25. meeting; 26. cases; 27. lion; 

28. struck; 29. taste; 30. fifty; 31. many; 32. girls; 

33. orange; 34. less; 35. shovel; 36. front; 

37. steamer; 38. through; 39. express; 40. lone¬ 
some; 41. broken; 42. breakfast. 

Grade V (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 243; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 25; separate volume 
for Grade V, p. 25). 

1. led; 2. pour; 3. known; 4. weigh; 5. signed; 

6. cousin; 7. indeed; 8. interest; 9. hoping; 

10. February; 11. frighten; 12. strike; 13. clothes; 

14. attend; 15. knife; 16. honor; 17. lord; 

18. straight; 19. doesn’t; 20. wonder; 21. for¬ 
tune; 22. morning; 23. waste; 24. yesterday; 

25. Wednesday; 26. color; 27. correct; 28. weight; 

29. diamond; 30. Saturday. 

Grade V (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 251; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 33; separate volume 
for Grade V, p. 33). 

1. fish; 2. clock; 3. eggs; 4. gate; 5. wagon; 

6. chair; 7. diamond; 8. knife; 9. soldier; 10. circle; 

11. whistle; 12. automobile. 

Grade V (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 264; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 46; separate volume 
for Grade V, p. 46). 

1. pity; 2. toss; 3. mild; 4. enable; 5. penny; 

6. owned; 7. stuff; 8. steady; 9. donkey; 

10. lucky; 11. merchant; 12. crazy; 13. anybody; 

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14. barrel; 15. earnest; 16. loving; 17. mining; 

18. stable; 19. beneath; 20. bonnet; 21. breathe; 

22. merely; 23. stiff; 24. thirst; 25. earning; 

26. throat; 27. steam; 28. Easter; 29. robin; 

30. prayer; 31. commander; 32. speech; 33. pow¬ 
der; 34. altogether; 35. geography; 36. umbrella; 

37. properly; 38. post-office; 39. remembered; 

40. creature. 

Grade V (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 291; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 73; separate volume 
for Grade V, p. 73). 

I. rifle; 2. chorus; 3. whirl; 4. exist; 5. beggar; 

6. err; 7. Pacific; 8. gnawed; 9. pedlar; 10. sketch; 

II. colonial; 12. cedar; 13. isthmus; 14. guilty; 

15. sentence; 16. Britain; 17. plague; 18. stomach. 
Grade V (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 294; 

three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 76; omitted from 
separate volume for Grade V). 

Left to Right: 1. opening; 7. wren; 8. nook; 10. ad; 

11. to; 12. bets; 14. only; 16. star; 19. odds; 

22. be; 23. no; 24. male; 26. coax; 28. helpers. 

Top to Bottom: 1. or; 2. peat; 3. ends; 4. into; 

5. noon; 6. go; 7. web; 9. key; 13. eat; 15. led; 

16. sum; 17. able; 18. reel; 19. once; 20. door; 

21. six; 25. ah; 27. as. 

Grade VI (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 315; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 97: separate volume 
for Grade VI, p. 19). 

1. ninety; 2. reference; 3. whether; 4. perhaps; 

5. lawyer; 6. theater; 7. rapid; 8. suffer; 9. ex¬ 
change; 10. income; 11. examination; 12. queer; 

13. divide; 14. enclose; 15. distance; 16. examine; 

17. hospital; 18. several; 19. decided; 20. account; 

21. important; 22. collection. 

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Grade VI (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 320; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 102; separate volume 
for Grade VI, p. 24). 

I. loss; 2. debt; 3. comb; 4. cities; 5. stole; 

6. draft; 7. wreck; 8. doubt; 9. guest; 10. due; 

II. seize; 12. strong; 13. issue; 14. regard; 

15. custom; 16. guard; 17. splendid; 18. flight; 

19. supply; 20. furnish; 21. satisfy; 22. height; 

23. foreign; 24. finally; 25. receive; 26. freight; 

27. continue; 28. quarrel; 29. accounts; 30. pur¬ 
chase; 31. colonies; 32. received; 33. surprised; 

34. customer; 35. suppose; 36. neighbor; 37. our¬ 
selves; 38. especially; 39. vegetables. 

Grade VI (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 321; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 103; separate volume 
for Grade VI, p. 25). 

1. seize; 2. quarrel; 3. foreign; 4. accounts; 

5. finally; 6. vegetables; 7. loss; 8. especially; 

9. guard; 10. received, guest; 11. receive, issue; 

12. neighbor; 13. height; 14. splendid; 15. satisfy, 
customer. 

Grade VI (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 343; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 125; separate volume 
for Grade VI, p. 47). 

1. snake; 2. cotton; 3. piano; 4. cabin; 5. comb; 

6. vegetables; 7. globe; 8, eagle; 9. ghost; 10. lad¬ 
der; 11. telephone; 12. kettle. 

Grade VI (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 349; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 131; separate volume 
for Grade VI, p. 53). 

1. spat; 2. cord; 3. brake; 4. itch; 5. sire; 6. flee; 

7. cliff; 8. cell; 9. male; 10. grocer; 11. shelf; 

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12. solid; 13. wrist; 14. sift; 15. zeal; 16. tend; 

17. skill; 18. stake; 19. clasp; 20. route; 21. knelt; 

22. lease; 23. scorn; 24. banish; 25. partner; 26. de¬ 
feat; 27. minor; 28. Ralph; 29. image; 30. smelt; 

31. trader; 32. devote; 33. vanish; 34. wristlet; 

35. perish; 36. excited; 37. nearest; 38. dreams; 

39. surround; 40. preparing; 41. demands; 

42. traveled; 43. neighboring. 

Grade VI (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 359; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 141; separate volume 
for Grade VI, p. 63). 

1. sincere; 2. Xmas; 3. assemble; 4. grope; 5. con¬ 
ceal; 6. renown; 7. aloud; 8. searched; 9. elec¬ 
tricity; 10. realm; 11. continent; 12. tenement; 

13. religion; 14. regularly; 15. universal; 16. per¬ 
mission; 17. peer; 18. cleanliness; 19. knitted; 

20. innocent; 21. companies; 22. shone; 23. mood; 

24. droop; 25. exhausted; 26. bough; 27. harness; 

28. deem; 29. horrible; 30. dissolve; 31. favorably; 

32. horror; 33. Yankee; 34. despair; 35. heartily; 

36. paradise; 37. groceries; 38. certificates; 39. con¬ 
quered; 40. regiment; 41. fastened; 42. goddess. 

Grade VI (two-volume edition, Grades II-VI, p. 366; 
three-volume edition, Book Two, p. 148; separate volume 
for Grade VI, p. 70). 

Left to Right: 1. workman; 8. fines; 10. is; 12. pot; 

13. or; 14. men; 16. ice; 17. idea; 19. flee; 20. law; 

22. lad; 23. an; 24. far; 26. no; 27. merit; 

29. newsboy. 

Top to Bottom: 2. of; 3. rip; 4. knob; 5. met; 6. as, 

7. similar; 9. freedom; 11. sedan; 13. ocean; 

15. new; 16. ill; 18. a; 21. cars; 24. few; 25. rib; 

27. me; 28. to. 


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Grade VII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, p. 19; 
three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 19; separate volume 
for Grade VII, p. 19). 

1. accept; 2. basis; 3. lose; 4. prefer; 5. spirit; 

6. package; 7. concern; 8. entirely; 9. factory; 

10. annual; 11. manner; 12. anxious; 13. terrible; 

14. chimney; 15. possibly; 16. strength; 17. pos¬ 
sible; 18. promptly; 19. evidence; 20. envelope; 

21. majority; 22. original; 23. sincerely; 24. prob¬ 
ably; 25. secretary; 26. judgment; 27. character; 

28. available; 29. convenient; 30. experience; 

31. recommend; 32. necessary; 33. circumstance; 

34. correspondence; 35. marriage; 36. respon¬ 
sible; 37. remittance. 

Grade VII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, p. 21; 
three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 21; separate volume 
for Grade VII, p. 21). 

1. machine; 2. package; 3. chimney; 4. entrance; 

5. treasure; 6. factory; 7. vessel; 8. envelope; 

9. engine; 10. avenue; 11. receipt; 12. balance. 

Grade VII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, p. 34; 
three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 34; separate volume 
for Grade VII, p. 34). 

1. ere; 2. pierce; 3. sounds; 4. safety; 5. terror; 

6. nobly; 7. yield; 8. easily; 9. virtue; 10. knight; 

11. Christ; 12. hasten; 13. choice; 14. Roman; 

15. science; 16. payable, 17. worried; 18. extension; 

19. furniture; 20. commercial; 21. valuable; 22. con¬ 
fidence; 23. describe; 24. advanced; 25. offer¬ 
ing; 26. indicate; 27. per cent; 28. signature; 

29. perfectly; 30. presence; 31. expression; 32. Red 
Cross; 33. amounting; 34. corporal; 35. dis¬ 
tribution; 36. possession; 37. examinations; 

38. ammunition; 39. parcel post; 40. commission. 

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Grade VII (two-volume edition, Grades VII—VIII, p. 35; 
three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 35; separate volume 
for Grade VII, p. 35). 

1. extension; 2. commission; 3. corporal; 

4. twentieth; 5. ammunition; 6. Christian; 

7. presence; 8. occurred; 9. schedule; 10. vir¬ 
tue; 11. usually; 12. parcel post; 13. signature; 

14. agriculture. 

Grade VII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, p. 54; 
three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 54; separate volume 
for Grade VII, p. 54). 

1. pilgrims; 2. defense; 3. beetle; 4. Latin; 5. ac¬ 
quaint; 6. Columbus; 7. poultry; 8. offense; 

9. plateau; 10. wrought; 11. amateur; 12. antici¬ 
pate; 13. dynamite; 14. interfere; 15. massacre; 

16. fertilizer; 17. interrupt; 18. correspond; 19. ap¬ 
proximate; 20. announcement; 21. anniversary; 

22. pamphlet. 

Grade VII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, p. 67; 
three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 67; separate volume 
for Grade VII, p. 67). 

1. sun; 2. son; 3. new; 4. knew; 5. buy; 6. by; 

7. blue; 8. blew; 9. to; 10. too, to; 11. two; 

12. deer; 13. dear; 14. read; 15. reed; 16. whole; 

17. hole; 18. eight; 19. ate; 20. hear; 21. here; 

22. rode; 23. road; 24. root; 25. route; 26. their; 

27. there; 28. hour; 29. our; 30. right; 31. write; 

32. wood; 33. would; 34. way, 35. weigh; 

36. weak; 37. week; 38. peace; 39. piece; 40. herd; 

41. heard; 42. strait; 43. straight; 44. ware; 

45. wear; 46. break; 47. brake; 48. due; 49. dew; 

50. slay; 51. sleigh; 52. waist; 53. waste. 

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Grade VIII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, p. 77; 
three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 77; separate volume 
for Grade VIII, p. 7). 

1. special; 2. error; 3. official; 4. hungry; 5. salary; 

6. grammar; 7. various; 8. famous; 9. director; 

10. agreement; 11. receiving; 12. summon; 

13. private; 14. advising; 15. duplicate; 16. equip¬ 
ment; 17. territory; 18. unfortunate; 19. applica¬ 
tion; 20. purchased; 21. situation; 22. appreciated. 

Grade VIII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, p. 105; 
three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 105; separate volume 
for Grade VIII, p. 35). 

1. reign; 2. agency; 3. bosom; 4. faculty; 5. fa¬ 
miliar; 6. oxygen; 7. quantity; 8. mortgage; 

9. guardian; 10. peculiar; 11. courtesy; 12. cam¬ 
paign; 13. descend; 14. exception; 15. privilege; 

16. necessity; 17. guarantee; 18. capacity; 19. ir¬ 
rigation; 20. authority; 21. thoroughly; 22. def¬ 
initely; 23. consequently; 24. acquainted; 25. im¬ 
mediately; 26. undoubtedly; 27. acquaintance; 

28. recommendation; 29. approximately; 30. orig¬ 
inally; 31. satisfactorily. 

Grade VIII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, 
p. 106; three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 106; separate 
volume for Grade VIII, p. 36). 

1. possibility; 2. definitely; 3. quantity; 4. faculty; 

5. privilege; 6. authority; 7. thoroughly; 8. capac¬ 
ity; 9. guardian; 10. approximately; 11. campaign; 

12. consequently; 13. guarantee; 14. mortgage; 

15. immediately; 16. irrigation; 17. acquainted; 

18. undoubtedly; 19. recommendation; 20. satis¬ 
factorily; 21. courtesy; 22. acquaintance; 

23. sufficient; 24. representative; 25. endeavor; 

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26, actually; 27. assistance; 28. exceedingly; 

29. originally; 30. practically; 31. superintend¬ 
ent; 32. allowance; 33. accordingly. 

Grade VIII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, 

p. 108; three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 108; separate 
volume for Grade VIII, p. 38). 

1. allowance; 2. reign; 3. approximately. 

Grade VIII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, 

p. 116; three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 116; separate 
volume for Grade VIII, p. 46). 

1. cabinet; 2. vanity; 3. hereto; 4. convince; 

5. choosing; 6. politics; 7. feeble; 8. assign; 

9. justify; 10. display; 11. poverty; 12. cordial; 

13. process; 14. seizing; 15. commend; 16. scenery; 

17. cushion; 18. charcoal; 19. musical; 20. weav¬ 
ing; 21. reproach; 22. capable; 23. ignorant; 

24. represents; 25. disguised; 26. peasant; 

27. henceforth; 28. reception; 29. compound; 

30. opinions; 31. laughter; 32. reliable; 33. assigned; 

34. variety; 35. convinced; 36. comparison; 37. dis¬ 
cussed; 38. whither; 39. occupant; 40. collec¬ 
tions; 41. abundant; 42. trembling; 43. heretofore; 

44. declared; 45. proportion; 46. destination; 

47. shoemaker; 48. trifling, 49. unpleasant; 

50. complying; 51. obligation; 52. confusion; 

53. institution; 54. experienced; 55. applications; 

56. imagination; 57. obligations; 58. graduated; 

59. persecuted; 60. manufacturers. 

Grade VIII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, 
p. 128; three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 128; separate 
volume for Grade VIII, p. 58). 

1. suffice; 2. esteem; 3. perceive; 4. counsel; 

5. equipped; 6. physician; 7. barrack; 8. compli- 

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ance; 9. auxiliary; 10. chauffeur; 11. canvass; 

12. assurance; 13. criticism; 14. principles; 15. con¬ 
sequence; 16. occasionally; 17. unconscious; 

18. restaurant; 19. necessarily; 20. opportunities. 

Grade VIII (two-volume edition, Grades VII-VIII, 
p. 149; three-volume edition, Book Three, p. 149; omitted 
from separate book for Grade VIII). 

Left to Right: 1. kimonos; 8. cider; 10. ode; 

12. bar; 14. to; 15. do; 16. ants; 17. gram; 18. to; 

20. pi; 21. era; 23. its; 24. grain; 27. forsake. 

Top to Bottom: 2. ice; 3. mi; 4. odor; 5. N. E.; 

6. orb; 7. rotates; 9. promise; 11. donor; 13. adapt; 

19. alas; 22. ago; 23. ink; 25. R. R.; 26. Ia. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 166). 

1. basis; 2. queer; 3. expense; 4. refer; 5. ninety; 

6. surely; 7. seize; 8. diamond; 9. custom; 

10. chimney; 11. splendid; 12. freight; 13. ca¬ 
reer; 14. impossible; 15. satisfy; 16. referred; 

17. organization; 18. cooperation; 19. automo¬ 
bile; 20. remittance; 21. sincerely; 22. whether; 

23. victim; 24. believe; 25. foreign; 26. neither; 

27. envelope; 28. majority; 29. available; 30. re¬ 
ceive; 31. testimony; 32. accordance; 33. receipt; 

34. difficulty; 35. circumstance; 36. recommend; 

37. themselves; 38. certainly; 39. vegetables; 

40. celebration; 41. responsible; 42. emergency. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 173). 

1. led; 2. passed; 3. lose; 4. principal; 5. tongue; 

6. similar; 7. definite; 8. develop; 9. August; 

10. opinion; 11. recommend; 12. athletic; 13. im¬ 
mediate; 14. judgment; 15. convenience; 16. dis¬ 
appoint; 17. Philadelphia; 18. opportunity; 

19. frighten; 20. referred or received; 21. anxious; 

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22. allege; 23. expense; 24. elaborate; 25. prac¬ 
tice; 26. original; 27. decision; 28. available; 
29. principle; 30. necessary; 31. relative; 32. par¬ 
ticularly; 33. memorandum; 34. February; 35. cor¬ 
respondence; 36. especially. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 178). 

I. awe; 2. site; 3. grate; 4. expert; 5. fringe; 
6. dwarf; 7. forge; 8. angle; 9. tract; 10. opera; 

II. bacon; 12. reform; 13. reside; 14. expire; 
15. birch; 16. sauce; 17. revive; 18. perplex; 
19. thrive; 20. bugle; 21. assert; 22. taper; 23. in¬ 
volve; 24. rouse; 25. accord; 26. resume; 27. entry; 
28. inward; 29. patron; 30. ankle; 31. induce; 
32. contend; 33. luster; 34. squire; 35. resist; 
36. accent; 37. reject; 38. invade; 39. convey; 
40. parson; 41. agony; 42. remote; 43. warmth; 
44. conflict; 45. inferior; 46. perfect; 47. con¬ 
trast; 48. injury; 49. enlarge; 50. redeem; 
51. youthful; 52. solitude; 53. confound; 54. dis¬ 
please; 55. gratitude; 56. chatter; 57. inspire; 
58. revolt; 59. heavenly; 60. fruitful; 61. woven; 
62. inclose; 63. comprehend; 64. discontent; 
65. welfare; 66. quicken; 67. watchful; 68. in¬ 
habit; 69. contempt. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 182). 

1. adorn; 2. serpent; 3. heathen; 4. oppress; 
5. temptation; 6. abandon; 7. exhibit; 8. for¬ 
bidden; 9. heroic; 10. admiration; 11. mature; 
12. torture; 13. girdle; 14. clamor; 15. disdain. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 185). 

1. heroic; 2. thigh; 3. adorn; 4. hearty; 
5. clamor; 6. novelty; 7. choir; 8. satin; 9. ma¬ 
ture; 10. cement; 11. lament; 12. confer; 

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13. tempest; 14. girdle; 15. startle; 16. heathen; 
17. major; 18. festival; 19. oppress; 20. wigwam; 
21. irregular; 22. disdain; 23. rumor; 24. ser¬ 
pent; 25. drowsy; 26. resolute; 27. fortress; 
28. waver; 29. guilt; 30. exhibit; 31. solitary; 
32.* brighten; 33. temptation; 34. spiritual; 
35. tributary; 36. torture; 37. inherit; 38. un¬ 
expected; 39. admiration; 40. haughty; 41. per¬ 
petual; 42. abandon. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 190). 

1. planet; 2. reckon; 3. elevate; 4. ceiling; 
5. politic; 6. babble; 7. European; 8. hearty; 
9. cruelty; 10. legion; 11. wrinkle; 12. solitary; 
13. expedition; 14. slaughter; 15. nightingale; 
16. candidate; 17. invisible; 18. sworn; 19. revo¬ 
lution; 20. combat; 21. dungeon; 22. rustle; 
23. tragedy; 24. foreigner; 25. simplicity; 
26. prosperity; 27. tradition; 28. horizon; 29. in¬ 
dustrious; 30. magistrate. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 195). 

1. pious; 2. visible; 3. you’re; 4. burial; 5. ca¬ 
thedral; 6. desperate; 7. reverend; 8. jealousy; 
9. recompense; 10. nostril; 11. crystal; 12. dis¬ 
perse; 13. imitate; 14. divorce; 15. corrupt; 
16. skilful; 17. obedience; 18. invisible; 19. des¬ 
tine; 20. tyranny; 21. imperial; 22. reconcile; 
23. procession; 24. spectacle; 25. gallery; 26. fer¬ 
tile; 27. doctrine; 28. delicious; 29. Spaniard; 
30. incense; 31. heavily; 32. wherefore; 33. mys¬ 
terious; 34. fulfil; 35. conscious; 36. infinite; 
37. exile; 38. pursuit; 39. innocence; 40. do¬ 
minion; 41. excel; 42. musician; 43. miracle; 
44. license; 45. Irish; 46. treasury. 

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Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 199). 

1. laurel; 2. briar; 3. ancestor; 4. amendment; 
5. brilliant; 6. parliament; 7. courtier; 8. gospel; 
9. remnant; 10. vengeance; 11. conqueror; 

12. fragrant; 13. disappointment; 14. prominent; 

15. gorgeous; 16. gallant; 17. celestial; 18. paral¬ 

lel; 19. memorial; 20. continuous; 21. achieve; 
22. elegant; 23. lieutenant; 24. ordinance; 

25. senator; 26. substantial; 27. monstrous; 
28. countenance; 29. valiant; 30. remembrance. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 200). 

1. briar; 2. excel; 3. tyrant; 4. laurel; 5. ven¬ 
geance; 6. valiant; 7. gorgeous; 8. liquor; 9. ele¬ 
gant; 10. ancestor; 11. celestial; 12. prominent; 

13. amendment; 14. brilliant; 15. incense; 

16. monstrous; 17. fragrant; 18. miracle; 19. re¬ 
membrance; 20. parallel; 21. gospel; 22. rem¬ 
nant; 23. courtier; 24. ignorance; 25. achieve; 

26. ordinance; 27. gallant; 28. senator; 29. con¬ 
tinuous; 30. license; 31. countenance; 32. me¬ 
morial; 33. parliament; 34. substantial; 
35. lieutenant; 36. spectacle; 37. conqueror; 
38. disappointment. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 202). 

1. automobile; 2. diamond; 3. theater; 4. whistle; 
5. circle; 6. bundle; 7. cathedral; 8. wigwam; 
9. serpent; 10. angle; 11. forge; 12. bugle. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 206). 

1. muzzle; 2. rogue; 3. vexation; 4. revolve; 
5. profane; 6. oppression; 7. anguish; 8. decora¬ 
tion; 9. laborer; 10. medical; 11. bondage; 
12. survive; 13. attraction; 14. attendant; 

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15. unworthy; 16. superstition; 17. historic; 
18. affliction; 19. singular; 20. posterity; 21. con¬ 
fession; 22. magnify; 23. implement; 24. artifi¬ 
cial; 25. suspicion; 26. humility; 27. desolation; 

28. lamentation; 29. admiral; 30. adoption; 

31. languish; 32. reflection; 33. cobbler; 34. un¬ 
aware; 35. profession; 36. separation; 37. op¬ 
position; 38. manufacturer; 39. exploration; 

40. characteristic; 41. inspiration; 42. common¬ 
wealth. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 211). 

1. barrier; 2. circuit; 3. precept; 4. beseech; 
5. reindeer; 6. caress; 7. calamity; 8. nourish; 
9. vinegar; 10. mariner; 11. plentiful; 12. exces¬ 
sive; 13. tedious; 14. revenue; 15. origin; 16. ex¬ 
periment; 17. piety; 18. restraint; 19. consecrate; 
20. succession; 21. distinction; 22. sentiment; 
23. successive; 24. compassion; 25. delegate; 

26. diminish; 27. execution; 28. cylinder; 

29. amazement; 30. thermometer; 31. obedient; 

32. ungrateful; 33. loyalty; 34. discipline; 

35. legislature; 36. ambassador; 37. murderer; 
38. attribute; 39. measurement; 40. typewriter; 

41. persecute; 42. comparative. 

Grade IX (Junior High School Speller, p. 215). 
expel; edifice; censure; prairie; solicit; apparel; 
bracelet; suppress; incident; diligent; allegiance; 
conspiracy; intimate; sanctuary; enthusiasm; ob¬ 
stinate; partridge; antiquity; interpret; curiosity; 
perilous; syllable; voluntary. 


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SUPERVISORY TESTS 


The following tests are based upon the vocabulary of the 
Mastery Spellers. The standards are based upon the class 
averages obtained by giving these tests in a large number 
of classes in progressive school systems. 

Test 1 in each list is based upon the words in the first half 
of the list; test 2 upon the words in the second half of the 
list. Each test should be given after the corresponding sec¬ 
tion of the list has been covered by the class. If the class 
is below the standard, a further review should be given to 
that section of the list in order to bring the class up to the 
standard achievement. 

No special study should he devoted to the words in the test 
before the test is given or the results cannot he compared fairly 
to the standards. 


Tests for Second Grade 

Test 1 — Minimum List — Standard 90% 

1. it. 2. he; 3. will; 4. is; 5. we; 6. old; 7. you; 
8. run; 9. can; 10. she; 11. say; 12. boy; 
13. six; 14. are; 15. did; 16. time; 17. book; 

18. land; 19. play; 20. have. 

Test 2 — Minimum List — Standard 80% 

1. ask; 2. cut; 3. yes; 4. end; 5. face; 6. than; 
7. feet; 8. nice; 9. fall; 10. cake; 11. free; 

12. best; 13. send; 14. came; 15. put; 16. soon; 
17. long; 18. door; 19. soft; 20. yard. 

Test 1 — Supplementary List — Standard 8,5% 

1. pet; 2. hit; 3. wet; 4. gun; 5. pig; 6. fox; 
7. fed; 8. dad; 9. ax; 10. fan; 11. papa; 

12. frog; 13. hen; 14. rooms; 15. ink; 16. drank; 
17. eating; 18. trees; 19. dime; 20. tent. 

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Test 2 — Supplementary List — Standard 75% 

1. sled; 2. doll; 3. tea; 4. sum; 5. kite; 6. horn; 
7. tooth; 8. bark; 9. ate; 10. boxes; 11. falling; 
12. lock; 13. bush; 14. pony; 15. cards; 16. play¬ 
ing; 17. teeth; 18. saving; 19. bigger; 20. forgot. 

Test 1 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 75% 

1. bat; 2. bus; 3. runs; 4. toe; 5. den; 6. loves; 
7. lard; 8. birds; 9. ham; 10. wax; 11. yell; 
12. plays; 13. rag; 14. jam; 15. tame; 16. wade; 
17. pint; 18. darn; 19. vest; 20. towns. 

Test 2 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 60% 

I. elm; 2. leaf; 3. blot; 4. ships; 5. ends; 6. cries; 
7. toast; 8. hush; 9. snowed; 10. oldest; 

II. sandy; 12. buzz; 13. tries; 14. gallon; 
15. bleed; 16. clearly; 17. bonfire; 18. stool; 
19. rained; 20. feeding. 


Tests for Third Grade 

Test 1 — Minimum List — Standard 90% 

I. hot; 2. make; 3. just; 4. late; 5. into; 
6. today; 7. over; 8. must; 9. baby; 10. mother; 

II. add; 12. went; 13. lake; 14. foot; 15. thank; 
16. after; 17. what; 18. spring; 19. away; 
20. paper. 

Test 2 — Minimum List — Standard 80% 

1. any; 2. right; 3. two; 4. close; 5. watch; 
6. summer; 7. dead; 8. began; 9. warm; 
10. country; 11. catch; 12. small; 13. across; 
14. unless; 15. half; 16. because; 17. price; 
18. only; 19. these; 20. party. 

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Test 1 — Supplementary List — Standard 85% 

I. bath; 2. shirt; 3. passing; 4. oxen; 5. alive; 
6. thinks; 7. luck; 8. plow; 9. helping; 10. apart; 

II. sidewalk; 12. spoil; 13. cooking-; 14. slept; 
15. lamp; 16. flesh; 17. tool; 18. spelling; 
19. whisper; 20. jumped. 

Test 2 — Supplementary List — Standard 75% 

1. pie; 2. costs; 3. muddy; 4. blame; 5. feast; 
6. broom; 7. closed; 8. poem; 9. sickness; 10. les¬ 
sons; 11. leather; 12. watched; 13. stamps; 
14. thanked; 15. largest; 16. classes; 17. nobody; 
18. birthday; 19. fighting; 20. silent. 

Test 1 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 80% 

1. lark; 2. rings; 3. spider; 4. begins; 5. lights; 
6. helper; 7. locked; 8. clubs; 9. aside; 10. pan¬ 
cake; 11. bump; 12. closing; 13. hillside; 14. low¬ 
est; 15. grandma; 16. hinder; 17. printing; 
18. fireplace; 19. brothers; 20. playground. 

Test 2 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 65% 

1. jelly; 2. crawl; 3. stain; 4. blue jay; 5. thumb; 
6. daisy; 7. babies; 8. deaf; 9. dressing; 
10. hedge; 11. farmed; 12. stormy; 13. hidden; 
14. meaning; 15. fields; 16. closed; 17. letting; 
18. thankful; 19. paddle; 20. cloudy. 


Tests for Fourth Grade 

Test 1 — Minimum List — Standard 90% 

1. took; 2. list; 3. who; 4. turn; 5. fell; 6. died; 
7. held; 8. soap; 9. wire; 10. drill; 11. point; 
12. charge; 13. month; 14. bought; 15. army; 

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16. grant; 17. lesson; 18. early; 19. within; 

20. anyway. 

Test 2 — Minimum List — Standard 80% 

1. need; 2. death; 3. cause; 4. knew; 5. aunt; 
6. built; 7. eighth; 8. throw; 9. whole; 

10. friend; 11. chain; 12. between; 13. young; 

14. plan; 15. sure; 16. dollar; 17. Tuesday; 
18. Thursday; 19. except; 20. uncle. 

Test 1 — Supplementary List — Standard 85% 

1. cream; 2. frost; 3. sank; 4. swift; 5. keeping; 
6. blown; 7. eleven; 8. pulling; 9. better; 

10. forgive; 11. planting; 12. prize; 13. faint; 
14. torn; 15. driving; 16. hotel; 17. farmers; 

18. slowly; 19. bushel; 20. potatoes. 

Test 2 — Supplementary List — Standard 75% 

1. ton; 2. limb; 3. knit; 4. glove; 5. missed; 
6. fought; 7. smaller; 8. selling; 9. hunter; 
10. eighty; 11. invited; 12. America; 13. empty; 
14. Europe; 15. knocked; 16. elephant; 

17. puzzle; 18. planned; 19. review; 20. anywhere. 

Test 1 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 85% 

1. stem; 2. hills; 3. heal; 4. brand; 5. ruler; 
6. miller; 7. crank; 8. brings; 9. banking; 

10. twist; 11. chickens; 12. froze; 13. forever; 

14. quart; 15. camel; 16. pushing; 17. walnut; 

18. quicker; 19. rocky; 20. schoolhouse. 

Test 2 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 70% 

1. pitch; 2. ridge; 3. cradle; 4. goal; 5. players; 
6. foul; 7. cutting; 8. weekly; 9. crossed; 

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10. underneath; 11. bedroom; 12. careless; 
13. thirteen; 14. recess; 15. smallest; 16. valen¬ 
tine; 17. tennis; 18. prettiest; 19. backward; 
20. basement. 


Tests for Fifth Grade 

Test 1 — Minimum List — Standard 90% 

1. bridge; 2. quite; 3. fifth; 4. duty; 5. dozen; 
6. truly; 7. during; 8. study; 9. through; 10. rea¬ 
son; 11. enough; 12. instead; 13. November; 
14. pleasure; 15. something; 16. October; 

17. evening; 18. September; 19. history; 

20. weather. 

Test 2 — Minimum List — Standard 78% 

1. crowd; 2. chief; 3. visit; 4. enjoy; 5. known; 
6. arrest; 7. destroy; 8. weigh; 9. fortune; 

10. family; 11. Saturday; 12. themselves; 
13. husband; 14. either; 15. command; 16. po¬ 
sition; 17. surprise; 18. diamond; 19. company; 
20. sudden. 

Test 1 — Supplementary List — Standard 85% 

1. flag; 2. cure; 3. maid; 4. scale; 5. speed; 

6. joke; 7. calm; 8. spoon; 9. flock; 10. circus; 

11. speech; 12. permit; 13. shouting; 14. stran¬ 

ger; 15. greatest; 16. problem; 17. burning; 

18. beneath; 19. breathe; 20. merchant. 

Test 2 — Supplementary List — Standard 75% 

1. linen; 2. lucky; 3. roast; 4. throat; 5. taught; 
6. loving; 7. central; 8. barrel; 9. student; 
10. Thanksgiving; 11. welcome; 12. geography; 

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13. gasoline; 14. vegetable; 15. nearer; 16. si¬ 
lence; 17. understood; 18. pasture; 19. holiday; 
20. altogether. 

Test 1 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 85% 

1. pave; 2. twin; 3. scrub; 4. chairs; 5. wept; 
6. solve; 7. hiding; 8. sunny; 9. banner; 
10. warmer; 11. cheaper; 12. remark; 13. re¬ 
mainder; 14. weakness; 15. cripple; 16. measured; 
17. postmaster; 18. dismiss; 19. furnace; 20. re¬ 
treat. 

Test 2 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 70% 

1. wages; 2. vase; 3. ounce; 4. nerve; 5. alter; 
6. recite; 7. tablet; 8. switch; 9. amuse; 10. gar¬ 
dener; 11. admitted; 12. twelfth; 13. janitor; 

14. warehouse; 15. lighting; 16. quietly; 17. jeal¬ 
ous; 18. guilty; 19. stomach; 20. strawberries. 


Tests for Sixth Grade 

Test 1 — Minimum List — Standard 90% 

1. auto; 2. prove; 3. elect; 4. allow; 5. serve; 
6. length; 7. result; 8. prison; 9. police; 10. mat¬ 
ter; 11. intend; 12. station; 13. include; 14. sec¬ 
tion; 15. inspect; 16. forward; 17. although; 
18. question; 19. wonderful; 20. president. 

Test 2 — Minimum List — Standard 78% 

1. due; 2. refer; 3. wreck; 4. loss; 5. guest; 
6. judge; 7. doubt; 8. flight; 9. issue; 10. re¬ 
ceive; 11. property; 12. finally; 13. foreign; 
14. important; 15. enclose; 16. perhaps; 

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17. neighbor; 18. purchase; 19. whether; 20. ex¬ 
amination. 

Test 1 — Supplementary List — Standard 85% 

1. drove; 2. obey; 3. apron; 4. giant; 5. knives; 
6. marble; 7. mercy; 8. robber; 9. repeat; 
10. punish; 11. failure; 12. million; 13. four¬ 
teen; 14. gardening; 15. friendly; 16. library; 
17. freedom; 18. forgotten; 19. cheerful; 20. trav¬ 
eler. 

Test 2 — Supplementary List — Standard 75% 

1. evil; 2. depot; 3. parcel; 4. submit; 5. league; 
6. insect; 7. patient; 8. earned; 9. dangerous; 
10. electric; 11. policeman; 12. favorable; 13. ex¬ 
cellent; 14. dreadful; 15. location; 16. graduate; 
17. conversation; 18. memory; 19. prisoner; 
20. telegraph. 

Test 1 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 85% 

1. verse; 2. spark; 3. reduce; 4. modest; 5. in¬ 
vest; 6. solid; 7. defeat; 8. velvet; 9. grocer; 
10. outline; 11. route; 12. handy; 13. stronger; 
14. introduce; 15. bakery; 16. polite; 17. neigh¬ 
borhood; 18. foundation; 19. perish; 20. delicate. 

Test 2 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 70% 

1. fowl; 2. zone; 3. niece; 4. knob; 5. patrol; 
6. sincere; 7. climate; 8. passage; 9. journal; 
10. conquered; 11. discovery; 12. gradual; 
13. groceries; 14. independence; 15. portrait; 
16. interior; 17. regiment; 18. innocent; 19. con¬ 
tinually; 20. mystery. 


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Tests for Seventh Grade 

Test 1 — Minimum List — Standard 90% 

1. total; 2. search; 3. local; 4. affair; 5. system; 
6. success; 7. avenue; 8. machine; 9. forenoon; 
10. government; 11. treasure; 12. progress; 13. in¬ 
vestigate; 14. therefore; 15. marriage; 16. ed¬ 
ucation; 17. convention; 18. complete; 19. im¬ 
provement; 20. estimate. 

Test 2 — Minimum List — Standard 78% 

1. lose; 2. madam; 3. manner; 4. vessel; 5. ex¬ 
pense; 6. accept; 7. terrible; 8. national; 9. evi¬ 
dence; 10. majority; 11. gentleman; 12. necessary; 
13. practical; 14. sincerely; 15. character; 16. ex¬ 
perience; 17. connection; 18. responsible; 19. ap¬ 
preciate; 20. circumstance. 

Test 1 — Supplementary List — Standard 88% 

1. owner; 2. temple; 3. native; 4. canoe; 5. sig¬ 
nal; 6. dispose; 7. worthy; 8. Africa; 9. affairs; 
10. occupation; 11. confident; 12. surface; 
13. continued; 14. medicine; 15. approve; 
16. credited; 17. accomplish; 18. maintain; 
19. cooperate; 20. assistant. 

Test 2 — Supplementary List — Standard 78% 

1. tomb; 2. current; 3. science; 4. banquet; 
5. knight; 6. premium; 7. omitted; 8. usually; 
9. ornament; 10. unknown; 11. appearance; 
12. advisable; 13. superior; 14. literature; 
15. twentieth; 16. successful; 17. schedule; 
18. confidence; 19. commercial; 20. ammunition. 

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Test 1 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 85% 

1. coward; 2. resign; 3. busily; 4. treaty; 5. po¬ 
etry; 6. jewelry; 7. condemn; 8. transport; 
9. friendship; 10. constitution; 11. honorable; 

12. advertisement; 13. ambition; 14. conductor; 

15. introduced; 16. installment; 17. inventory; 

18. passenger; 19. abundance; 20. subscription. 

Test 2 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 70% 

1. carbon; 2. attract; 3. enamel; 4. enemies; 
5. museum; 6. vicinity; 7. amateur; 8. appetite; 
9. revolutionary; 10. acceptance; 11. religious; 
12. gracious; 13. pamphlet; 14. accommodate; 
15. treasurer; 16. invention; 17. fertilizer; 
18. orchestra; 19. anniversary; 20. approximate. 


Tests for Eighth Grade 

Test 1 — Minimum List — Standard 90% 

1. senate; 2. really; 3. various; 4. occupy; 5. en¬ 
title; 6. summon; 7. century; 8. pleasant; 9. of¬ 
ficial; 10. organize; 11. arrangement; 12. material; 

13. agreement; 14. application; 15. earliest; 

16. political; 17. unfortunate; 18. consideration; 

19. respectfully; 20. invitation. 

Test 2 — Minimum List — Standard 78% 

1. career; 2. absence; 3. athletic; 4. citizen; 
5. emergency; 6. associate; 7. committee; 
8. difficulty; 9. impossible; 10. circular; 11. prin¬ 
ciple (a rule); 12. cordially; 13. decision; 

14. elaborate; 15. testimony; 16. conference; 

17. discussion; 18. immediate; 19. organization; 

20. preliminary. 

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Test 1 — Supplementary List — Standard 88% 

1. palace; 2. benefit; 3. rejoice; 4. lecture; 

5. nervous; 6. seldom; 7. arrival; 8. possess; 

9. pursue; 10. congress; 11. precious; 12. semes¬ 

ter; 13. unusual; 14. throughout; 15. suggestion; 
16. transportation; 17. community; 18. happiness; 

19. appreciation; 20. description. 

Test 2 — Supplementary List — Standard 78% 

1. senior; 2. disease; 3. descend; 4. murmur; 
5. transfer; 6. familiar; 7. campaign; 8. privi¬ 
lege; 9. sympathy; 10. inconvenience; 11. neces¬ 
sity; 12. frequently; 13. allowance; 14. authority; 
15. impression; 16. immediately; 17. representa¬ 
tive; 18. superintendent; 19. recommendation; 

20. stenographer. 

Test 1 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 85% 

1. sphere; 2. cushion; 3. scenery; 4. subdue; 
5. speaker; 6. pleasing; 7. politics; 8. seizing; 
9. construct; 10. impatient; 11. responsibility; 
12. doubtless; 13. laughter; 14. comparison; 
15. reproach; 16. abundant; 17. proportion; 
18. mechanic; 19. triumph; 20. specified. 

Test 2 — Add. Sup. List — Standard 70% 

1. luxury; 2. burglar; 3. leisure; 4. abstract; 
5. essential; 6. corporation; 7. marvelous; 8. de¬ 
mocracy; 9. minimum; 10. surveyor; 11. recog¬ 
nize; 12. immense; 13. intelligent; 14. physician; 
15. unnecessary; 16. affectionately; 17. demon¬ 
stration; 18. defective; 19. restaurant; 20. com¬ 
mencement. 


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